1993: Fireworks, Should We See It From the Side or the Bottom? (TV) [5]

1992: Ghost Soup (TV) [4]

Peter Jackson

2005: King Kong [7]

2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [10]

2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [10]

2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [10]

1996: The Frighteners [6]

1994: Heavenly Creatures [7]

1992: Braindead [5]

1989: Meet the Feebles [3]

1987: Bad Taste [6]

Jin Jang

2006: Righteous Ties [6]

2005: Murder, Take One [7]

2005: Welcome to Dongmakgol [7]

2004: Someone Special [7]

2001: Guns & Talks [7]

Jim Jarmusch

2009: The Limits of Control [6]

2005: Broken Flowers [7]

2003: Coffee and Cigarettes [2]

1999: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai [5]

1986: Down by Law [4]

1984: Stranger than Paradise [6]

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

2009: Micmacs [5]

2004: A Very Long Engagement [7]

2001: Amelie [7]

1997: Alien: Resurrection [6]

1991: Delicatessen [9]

1989: Foutaises [7]

Krzysztof Kieslowski

1994: Three Colors: Red [6]

1994: Three Colors: White [6]

1993: Three Colours: Blue [7]

1990: The Decalogue: Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain [4]

1989: The Decalogue: I Am the Lord Thy God [4]

Ki-duk Kim

2008: Dream [6]

2007: Breath [6]

2006: Time [7]

2005: The Bow [6]

2004: 3-Iron [9]

2004: Samaria [8]

2003: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring [8]

2002: Coast Guard [8]

2001: Bad Guy [6]

2001: Address Unknown [7]

2000: The Isle [6]

2000: Real Fiction [7]

1998: Birdcage Inn [6]

1996: Wild Animals [4]

Ryuhei Kitamura

2004: Godzilla: Final Wars [3]

2004: Longinus [5]

2003: Sky High [6]

2003: The Messenger (Short) [7]

2003: Azumi [8]

2003: Aragami [7]

2002: Alive [5]

2002: Jam Films ('The Messenger' short) [7]

2000: Versus [3]

1996: Heat After Dark [5]

Takeshi Kitano

2008: Achilles and the Tortoise [6]

2007: Glory to the Filmmaker! [6]

2005: Takeshis' [7]

2003: Zatoichi [9]

2002: Dolls [7]

2000: Brother [8]

1999: Kikujiro [8]

1997: Fireworks [8]

1996: Kids Return [7]

1995: Getting Any? [4]

1993: Sonatine [7]

1991: A Scene at the Sea [3]

1989: Violent Cop [5]

Stanley Kubrick

1999: Eyes Wide Shut [5]

1987: Full Metal Jacket [7]

1980: The Shining [8]

1971: A Clockwork Orange [6]

1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey [7]

1964: Dr. Strangelove [6]

1962: Lolita [6]

1957: Paths of Glory [7]

1956: The Killing [9]

Akira Kurosawa

1991: Rhapsody in August [7]

1985: Ran [9]

1975: Dersu Uzala [8]

1965: Red Beard [9]

1962: Sanjuro [10]

1961: Yojimbo [10]

1958: The Hidden Fortress [10]

1957: Throne of Blood [8]

1954: Seven Samurai [10]

1952: Ikiru [10]

1950: Rashômon [10]

1949: Stray Dog [9]

1948: Drunken Angel [10]

1946: No Regrets For Our Youth [7]

1945: Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail [6]

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

2008: Tokyo Sonata [8]

2005: House of Bugs [6]

2003: Bright Future [8]

2001: Pulse [7]

2000: Seance [6]

1999: Barren Illusions [4]

1999: Charisma [7]

1998: License to Live [8]

1998: Serpent's Path [8]

1998: Eyes of the Spider [7]

1997: Cure [8]

1992: The Guard from the Underground [4]

Jae-young Kwak

2008: My Mighty Princess [6]

2004: Windstruck [7]

2003: Classic [8]

2001: My Sassy Girl [7]

Wai Keung Lau/Andrew Lau

2006: Daisy [8]

2005: Initial D [3]

2003: Infernal Affairs II [6]

2002: Infernal Affairs [8]

Sergio Leone

1984: Once Upon A Time in America [7]

1973: My Name Is Nobody (uncredited) [7]

1968: Once Upon A Time in the West [7]

1966: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly [9]

1965: For a Few Dollars More [10]

1964: A Fistful of Dollars [8]

Richard Linklater

2006: A Scanner Darkly [6]

2006: Fast Food Nation [4]

2005: Bad News Bears [5]

2004: Before Sunset [9]

2003: School of Rock [7]

2001: Waking Life [2]

1995: Before Sunrise [8]

George Lucas

2005: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith [8]

2002: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones [7]

1999: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace [6]

1977: Star Wars [9]

1971: THX 1138 [10]

David Lynch

2006: Inland Empire [2]

2002: Darkend Room (Short) [2]

2002: Dumbland (short) [1]

2001: Mulholland Dr. [8]

1997: Lost Highway [9]

1993: Hotel Room [4]

1990: Wild At Heart [5]

1986: Blue Velvet [8]

1980: The Elephant Man [6]

1977: Eraserhead [9]

1968: The Alphabet (Short) [2]

1966: Six Figures Getting Sick (Short) [2]

James Mangold

2010: Knight and Day [7]

2005: Walk the Line [5]

2003: Identity [4]

1999: Girl, Interrupted [6]

John McTiernan

1999: The 13th Warrior [7]

1995: Die Hard: With a Vengeance [8]

1988: Die Hard [9]

1987: Predator [8]

Sam Mendes

2009: Away We Go [7]

2005: Jarhead [6]

2002: Road to Perdition [8]

1999: American Beauty [6]

Takashi Miike

2009: Yatterman [6]

2007: Detective Story [7]

2007: Sukiyaki Western Django [6]

2006: Big Bang Love: Juvenile A [6]

2006: Masters of Horror: Imprint [4]

2005: The Great Yokai War [6]

2004: Izo [8]

2004: Three... Extremes ('Box' short) [9]

2004: Zebraman [7]

2003: One Missed Call [8]

2003: Negotiator [Kôshônin] [7]

2003: Kikoku [4]

2003: Gozu [9]

2002: Deadly Outlaw: Rekka [5]

2002: Shangri-La [5]

2002: Graveyard of Honor[7]

2002: Sabu [7]

2002: Dead or Alive: Final [6]

2001: Kumamoto monogatari [4]

2001: The Happiness of the Katakuris [8]

2001: Agitator [7]

2001: Ichi the Killer [6]

2001: Visitor Q [8]

2000: Dead or Alive 2: Birds [7]

2000: The Guys from Paradise [6]

2000: The City of Lost Souls [6]

2000: Multiple Personality Detective Psycho [4]

1999: Audition [7]

1999: N-Girls Vs Vampire [6]

1999: Salaryman Kintaro [5]

1999: Dead or Alive [7]

1999: Silver [3]

1999: Ley Lines [7]

1998: Blues Harp [6]

1998: Young Thugs: Nostalgia [7]

1998: Andromedia [5]

1998: The Bird People in China [7]

1997: Rainy Dog [8]

1997: Full Metal Yakuza [4]

1997: Young Thugs: Innocent Blood [4]

1996: Fudoh: The New Generation [7]

1996: The Way to Fight [6]

1995: Shinjuku Triad Society [7]

1995: Osaka Tough Guys [6]

1994: Bodyguard Kiba: Combat Apocolypse [5]

1994: Shinjuku Outlaw [5]

1993: Bodyguard Kiba [5]

Kenji Misumi

1970: Zatoichi at the Fire Festival [7]

1968: Samaritan Zatoichi [8]

1964: Fight, Zatoichi, Fight [8]

1962: The Tale of Zatoichi [8]

Hayao Miyazaki

2004: Howl's Moving Castle [7]

2001: Spirited Away [7]

1997: Princess Mononoke [8]

1992: Porco Rosso [8]

1989: Kiki's Delivery Service [8]

1988: My Neighbor Totoro [8]

1986: Laputa: Castle in the Sky [8]

1984: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds [7]

Kenji Mizoguchi

1956: Street of Shame [9]

1955: The Empress Yang Kwei Fei [Princess Yang Kwei-fei] [5]

1955: Tales of the Taira Clan [9]

1954: Sansho the Bailiff [9]

1953: Ugetsu [8]

Michael Moore

2007: Sicko [5]

2004: Fahrenheit 9/11 [5]

2002: Bowling for Columbine [6]

1989: Roger & Me [5]

Hideo Nakata

2005: The Ring Two [4]

2002: Dark Water [7]

1999: Ringu 2 [7]

1999: Chaos [8]

1998: Ringu [8]

Christopher Nolan

2010: Inception [8]

2008: The Dark Knight [8]

2006: The Prestige [8]

2005: Batman Begins [8]

2000: Memento [9]

1998: Following [8]

Mamoru Oshii

2008: The Sky Crawlers [6]

2004: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence [6]

2001: Avalon [7]

1995: Ghost in the Shell [8]

1992: Talking Head [9]

1991: Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops [8]

1987: The Red Spectacles [8]

Yasujiro Ozu

1962: An Autumn Afternoon [7]

1961: The End of Summer [8]

1960: Late Autumn [7]

1959: Floating Weeds [7]

1959: Ohayô [10]

1958: Equinox Flower [6]

1957: Tokyo Twilight [6]

1953: Tokyo Story [7]

1952: Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice [7]

1951: Early Summer [8]

1949: Late Spring [7]

1942: There Was a Father [7]

1941: Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family [4]

1937: What Did the Lady Forget? [7]

1936: The Lion Dance [2]

1935: An Inn in Tokyo [6]

1934: Story of Floating Weeds [7]

1934: A Mother Should be Loved [5]

1933: Dragnet Girl [7]

1932: I was Born, But... [7]

1929: A Straightforward Boy [3]

1929: I Graduated But... [3]

Chan-wook Park

2009: Thirst [7]

2006: I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK [8]

2005: Sympathy for Lady Vengeance [8]

2004: Three... Extremes ('Cut' short) [9]

2003: Oldboy [9]

2003: If You Were Me ('N.E.P.A.L' short) [8]

2002: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance [8]

2000: Joint Security Area [8]

1999: Judgement (Short) [6]

Sam Raimi

2009: Drag Me to Hell [3]

2007: Spider-Man 3 [6]

2004: Spider-Man 2 [7]

2002: Spider-Man [8]

1998: A Simple Plan [6]

George Romero

2007: Diary of the Dead [4]

2005: Land of the Dead [7]

1985: Day of the Dead [6]

1978: Dawn of the Dead [9]

1968: Night of the Living Dead [8]

Seung-wan Ryoo

2006: The City of Violence [7]

2005: Crying Fist [8]

2004: Arahan [7]

2002: No Blood No Tears [4]

2000: Die Bad [6]

Walter Salles

2006: Paris, I Love You [6]

2005: Dark Water [6]

2004: The Motorcycle Diaries [7]

1998: O Primeiro Dia [Midnight] [6]

Gus Van Sant

2007: Paranoid Park [6]

2006: Paris, I Love You [6]

2005: Last Days [3]

2003: Elephant [6]

2002: Gerry [6]

1998: Psycho [5]

1989: Drugstore Cowboy [6]

Martin Scorsese

2010: Shutter Island [8]

2006: The Departed [7]

2004: The Aviator [8]

2002: Gangs of New York [5]

1999: My Voyage to Italy [4]

1995: Casino [7]

1991: Cape Fear [7]

1990: Goodfellas [8]

1980: Raging Bull [8]

1976: Taxi Driver [8]

1973: Mean Streets [5]

Ridley Scott

2008: Body of Lies [6]

2007: American Gangster [8]

2005: Kingdom of Heaven [6]

2001: Black Hawk Down [9]

2000: Gladiator [8]

1982: Blade Runner [8]

1979: Alien [9]

Takashi Shimizu

2006: The Grudge 2 [3]

2005: Reincarnation [4]

2004: The Grudge [7]

2004: Marebito [4]

2003: Ju-on: The Grudge 2 [6]

2003: Ju-on: The Grudge [6]

2000: Ju-on 2 [4]

2000: Ju-on [6]

M. Night Shyamalan

2008: The Happening [4]

2006: Lady in the Water [4]

2004: The Village [7]

2002: Signs [7]

2000: Unbreakable [7]

Kevin Smith

2008: Zack and Miri Make a Porno [5]

2006: Clerks II [7]

2004: Jersey Girl [4]

2001: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back [5]

1995: Mallrats [6]

1994: Clerks. [7]

Steven Soderbergh

2009: The Informant! [6]

2007: Ocean's Thirteen [7]

2006: The Good German [5]

2005: Bubble [3]

2004: Ocean's Twelve [7]

2004: Eros [4]

2002: Solaris [8]

2001: Ocean's Eleven [7]

1989: Sex, Lies, and Videotape [6]

Il-gon Song

2005: The Magicians [7]

2004: Feathers in the Wind [10]

2004: Spider Forest [7]

2001: Flower Island [2]

Steven Spielberg

2005: Munich [7]

2005: War of the Worlds [7]

2004: The Terminal [7]

2002: Catch Me If You Can [6]

2002: Minority Report [7]

2001: Artificial Intelligence: AI [5]

1998: Saving Private Ryan [7]

1997: The Lost World: Jurassic Park [5]

1993: Schindler's List [7]

1993: Jurassic Park [9]

1989: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [7]

1984: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [6]

1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark [6]

1977: Close Encounters of the Third Kind [5]

1975: Jaws [8]

Quentin Tarantino

2009: Inglourious Basterds [6]

2007: Death Proof [7]

2005: Sin City (Special Guest Director) [8]

2004: Kill Bill: Vol. 2 [6]

2003: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 [7]

1997: Jackie Brown [7]

1994: Pulp Fiction [8]

1992: Reservoir Dogs [8]

Andrei Tarkovsky

1986: The Sacrifice [8]

1979: Stalker [10]

1975: The Mirror [5]

1972: Solaris [9]

1969: Andrei Rublev [9]

Lars von Trier

2009: Antichrist [7]

2006: The Boss of It All [6]

2005: Manderlay [8]

2003: The Five Obstructions [6]

2003: Dogville [8]

2000: Dancer in the Dark [7]

1998: The Idiots [6]

1996: Breaking the Waves [6]

1994: The Kingdom (TV) [8]

1984: The Element of Crime [8]

Ming-liang Tsai

2009: Face [2]

2006: I Don't Want To Sleep Alone [3]

2005: The Wayward Cloud [7]

2002: The Skywalk Is Gone [6]

1998: The Hole [6]

Shinya Tsukamoto

2005: Haze [9]

2004: Vital [6]

2002: A Snake of June [8]

1999: Gemini [5]

1998: Bullet Ballet [9]

1988: Tetsuo [5]

1987: Story of the Electricity Pole Boy [2]

Yukihiko Tsutsumi

2003: Collage of our Life [8]

2002: 2LDK [8]

2002: Jam Films ('Hijiki' short) [7]

2002: Trick: The Movie [7]

Tom Tykwer

2009: The International [6]

2006: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer [8]

2006: Paris, I Love You [6]

2000: The Princess and the Warrior [8]

1998: Run, Lola, Run [8]

Gore Verbinski

2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest [8]

2005: The Weather Man [7]

2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl [8]

2002: The Ring [7]

John Waters

2004: A Dirty Shame [3]

1998: Pecker [2]

1977: Desperate Living [5]

1974: Female Trouble [3]

Billy Wilder

1960: The Apartment [7]

1959: Some Like It Hot [6]

1955: The Seven Year Itch [7]

1950: Sunset Blvd. [9]

1945: The Lost Weekend [7]

1944: Double Indemnity [9]

Michael Winterbottom

2006: The Road to Guantanamo [6]

2005: A Cock and Bull Story [8]

2004: 9 Songs [3]

2003: Code 46 [5]

2002: 24 Hour Party People [5]

Kar Wai Wong

2007: My Blueberry Nights [3]

2004: Eros [4]

2004: 2046 [6]

2000: In the Mood for Love [6]

1995: Fallen Angels [7]

1994: Ashes of Time [4]

1994: Chungking Express [7]

1991: Days of Being Wild [4]

1988: As Tears Go By [5]

Shinobu Yaguchi

2004: Swing Girls [8]

2001: Waterboys [5]

1999: Adrenaline Drive [7]

1997: My Secret Cache [6]

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

1973: Zatoichi at the Blood Fest [7]

1971: Zatoichi and the One Armed Swordsman [6]

1968: Zatoichi and the Fugitives [6]

1967: Zatoichi's Cane Sword [6]

1964: Adventures of Zatoichi [6]

1963: Zatoichi on the Road [9]

Terence Young

1967: Wait Until Dark [8]

1965: Thunderball [6]

1963: From Russia With Love [8]

1962: Dr. No [8]

Isao Yukisada

2005: Spring Snow [4]

2004: Crying Out Love in the Center of the World [7]

2004: A Day on the Planet [9]

2002: Sinking Moon (Short) [4]

2002: Jam Films ('Justice' short) [7]

2001: Go [8]

Yimou Zhang

2006: Curse of the Golden Flower [6]

2005: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles [5]

2004: House of Flying Daggers [8]

2002: Hero [8]

2001: Happy Times [6]

1999: The Road Home [7]

Author Comments:

Qualification for this list is that I have seen at least four films with some directorial involvement by them. The idea being that if I've seen a number of their films, there must be something worthwhile to their work.

Some of these ratings were done quite a while back, and I'm not sure if I still agree with them. And there's some directors I could add to the list, but it has been ages since I've seen certain films and don't feel comfortable rating them based on my vague memories.

I may have been too hard on A Scene at the Sea. It was the second Kitano film I saw and really wasn't what I was expecting. It's just a mute/deaf guy quitting his job as a trash collector and trying to surf. I might rewatch it someday to see if maybe I missed something, but I thought it was boring the first time through.

oh so you are one of the crazies who thinks for a few dollars more is the best of the dollars trilogy... haha... either way great list, i can't really argue against any leone film... but if you haven't see OUATIAmerica and West

Peter Jackson has filed a super ultimate director lawsuit! against New Line Cinema.

I don't mean to imply that Jackson doesn't deserve the money (media companies are, as a general rule, evil.) I'm just stunned that Jackson might be paid more than the film(s)'s entire shooting budget... and that his $20 million salary for King Kong is just an advance against his profit participation.

The Frighteners was made for around $30 million. Meet the Feebles cost $750,000.

Youve seen a TON more Miike than I have; Ive only seen less than 10. That sucks you have such a bad impression of John Waters. I would say keep trying, but if you didnt even like Desperate Living which is my fave then I guess youre just not a fan. You should at least see Pink Flamingos though just to say you have.

I agree with a lot of your ratings and feel pretty close to the same in a lot of respects, but there are a few things Id like to point out. One: you NEED to see some better Coen Brothers films than what you have listed. My three faves: The Man Who Wasnt There, Blood Simple, and O Brother arent listed. I hated Barton Fink though. And I need to rewatch Big Lebowski; at the time it came out I absolutely hated it.

Im surprised you havent seen any Polanski. Or maybe its just that youve seen less than 4?

For Romero, I highly recommend you check out 'The Crazies' and 'Bruiser'. Those and Dawn Of The Dead are actually the only ones Ive seen of his believe it or not. You also need to see Insomnia (Danish original and Nolan remake).

You havent seen 'City Of Lost Children'??!?!?!!???!

A few other films I highly recommend to you since you are heavily into Asian films: Suna No Onna, Yuke Yuke Nidome no Shojo, Onibaba, and Uzumaki.

I do indeed need to see more Coen Brothers, Romero, and a few other films mentioned. I believe I've seen 3 by Polanski, so he'll make the list when I get around to seeing another. But, yeah, not a fan of Waters. I gave him a shot, but didn't really find much of interest.